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## [The Myth of the Rule of Law](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-myth-of-the-rule-of-law/788)

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**Author:** [@drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/drlorentz)\
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Michael Malice’s excellent anthology, The Anarchist’s Handbook, includes an essay by John Hasnas, a professor of law and business at Georgetown. He opens his essay with a simple quiz: On the basis of your personal under…